noun
Meaning 1
A wooden peg or pin used as a fastener.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
treenail
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Pronunciation
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/ˈtɹiːˌneɪl/
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/ˈtɹɛnl̩/
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/ˈtɹʌnl̩/
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rhymes with -ɛnəl
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rhymes with -ʌnəl
noun
Meaning 2
a wooden peg that is used to fasten timbers in shipbuilding; water causes the peg to swell and hold the timbers fast
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trenail, trunnel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: peg, nog
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English trenayl; equivalent to tree + nail.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: дюбел (djubel) — peg
- Finnish: puunaula — peg
- Greek: ξυλόκαρφο (xylókarfo) — peg
- Ingrian: puunaagla — peg
- Middle English: trenayl — peg
- Ottoman Turkish: چیوی (çivi) — peg
- Ottoman Turkish: وتد (veted) — peg
- Ottoman Turkish: جیواطه (civata) — peg
Real reading context